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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 an ad against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.:
"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 16, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 remarks :
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 8, 2011 a letter:
Congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 6, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 5, 2011 the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas:
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 9, 2011
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on November 15, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "slashed" pensions and benefits for public employees.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2011
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on November 15, 2011 a video:
A recall election for Wisconsin governor would cost "$7.7 million -- $7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor or school books for your kids."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 15, 2011 a press release:
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 15, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on September 15, 2011 a message on Facebook:
"New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 20, 2011
Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on October 5, 2011 a Capitol Hill press conference:
The health care law was "a 2,733-page bill! . . . No amendments!"
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 18, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011:
"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.:
When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 an article:
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 4, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on August 23, 2011 a TV ad:
Says potential GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supported "Obamacare"
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on August 11, 2011 a TV interview:
Gov. Rick Scott "is trying to get a waiver under the federal health care law that would deny consumers in Florida the right to the $60 million in rebates they have from their own HMOs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2011
NJ-CAN
NJ-CAN
stated on August 9, 2011 a petition:
Says the state’s pension and health benefits reform includes "the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 15, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire:
"Obamacare takes $500 billion out of Medicare and funds Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 5, 2011 a debate in South Carolina:
The Medicare drug program "resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... And the reason it was, is because the design was right." 
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"A large number of the uninsured earn $75,000 or more a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
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